Sahel
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May- 2019 -30 MayAfrica
Islamic State puts the Sahel in West Africa – for now
Islamic State recently began to attribute attacks in the Sahel to its West Africa Province affiliate. Robert Postings asks: what does this mean for Islamic State in the Greater Sahara?
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26 MayAfrica
Chad journalist and soldiers killed near N’Gounboua after Boko Haram attack
At least four Chadian soldiers and a television reporter were killed when their vehicle hit a mine near N'Gounboua in eastern Chad's Lake province
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26 MayAfrica
Three killed in attack on church in Touflé, northern Burkina Faso
Four people were killed Sunday at a Catholic church in Touflé in northern Burkina Faso, the latest in a series of attacks on Christian targets in the region
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19 MayAfrica
Peacekeeper killed in attacks on Nigeria and Chad troops in Mali
A Nigerian peacekeeper was killed and another injured in a gun attack in Timbuktu and three Chadian peacekeepers were injured in an IED attack in Tessalit
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15 MayAfrica
Niger soldiers missing after ambush near Tongo Tongo
A search was under way in western Niger for soldiers missing since an ambush by armed men near Tongo Tongo in the Tillaberi region near the Mali border
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14 MayAfrica
Niger soldier wounded in Koutoukalé prison attack dies
A Niger soldier injured in what officials say was a terrorist attack on the high-security Koutoukale prison has died of his wounds, authorities said
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13 MayAfrica
‘Terrorist’ attack on Niger high-security Koutoukalé prison foiled
Authorities in Niger on Monday foiled a "terrorist" attack on a high-security prison near the capital Niamey, Interior Minister Mohamed Bazoum said
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10 MayAfrica
German parliament extends Africa military missions
The Bundestag extended German deployments to UN and EU missions in Mali and to the EU's Operation Atalanta anti-piracy mission until May 2020
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10 MayAfrica
French soldiers killed in Burkina Faso raid to free foreign hostages
French forces freed two French hostages as well as an American and a South Korean in Burkina Faso in a raid that cost the lives of two soldiers
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7 MayAfrica
‘Terrorists’ kill 1 in attack in northern Burkina Faso city of Ouahigouya
One person died and two were injured early in an attack on a toll booth in Ouahigouya, the biggest city in Burkina Faso's north
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